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Six Vermont State Employees Split $100,000 Powerball PrizeNews Story
The Vermont Lottery announced Wednesday that Stephen Brochu, Louella Buckles, Rose Dutil, Norma Gregory, Mary Lou Jacobs and Manon Perrault came forward on November 23 to claim their $100,000 Powerball prize from the November 20 drawing.The six winners are all employees from the Vermont Department of Employment and Training located in Newport. They are regular Powerball players who each put in $1 per drawing to purchase tickets for the group.The player who purchases the tickets traditionally che
Dec 3, 2004, 1:59 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Vermont Resident Captures $50,000News Story
A Bethel, Vermont resident hit it big over the weekend when he won $50,000 playing the Vermont Lotterys instant game, Big Money Action.Alfred Hill was purchasing gas on Sunday morning and decided to use part of his change to purchase a $5 instant ticket. I scratched the ticket outside the store and didnt think it was a winner at first noted Mr. Hill. Then I looked closer and saw something that looked like a prize. Still uncertain, Mr. Hill reentered the store and asked the clerk to validate t
Mar 26, 2004, 9:25 am - Todd - Lottery News

Vermont woman is first Tri-State Megabucks jackpot winner of 2004News Story
How's this for a great start to the New Year: Madelyne Wight of Vergennes, Vermont claimed $2,084,503 in cash this morning after she correctly picked the winning numbers in the December 31 Tri-State Megabucks drawing.Ms. Wight learned of her good fortune when she logged onto the Vermont Lottery¹s web site. I sat staring at the screen for 20 minutes with tears rolling down my face said the Vergennes resident. I had to call the toll-free number to make sure there was no mistake. I even
Jan 5, 2004, 2:58 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Vermont Man Claims "Power" Bug in Vermont Lottery Powerball PromotionNews Story
Anyone looking to guess the correct number of jelly beans in a jar would do well to ask the opinion of Michael Patterson of Williamstown, Vermont. Mr. Patterson was declared the winner of a red, 2003 Volkswagen Beetle by the Vermont lottery when he guessed that the POWER BUG contained a total of 24,260 ping-pong balls. The correct number, as certified by the Vermont Lottery auditors, was 24,264 -- only four more than Mr. Patterson's solitary entry.The Vermont Lottery awarded the car as the g
Oct 10, 2003, 4:02 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Vermont Lottery appoints new Executive DirectorNews Story
Greg Smith, an executive with The Vermont Country Store, has been tapped to head the Vermont Lottery, replacing retiring Lottery Executive Director Alan Yandow. Smith will take over the operation on June 7. The Lottery Commission thanks Alan for his 14 years of exceptional service to Vermont, said Martha O'Connor, chair of the Vermont Lottery Commission. After the nationwide search, we are pleased to be moving forward with the appointment of Greg Smith. I am honored to have been chos
Jun 1, 2012, 12:37 pm - Todd - Lottery News

NY resident wins Vermont scratch gameNews Story
A clerk at the back of a North Bennington, Vermont variety store might have thought he was being robbed, when really a customer was just shouting with excitement over winning the lottery. I guess I must have let out a yell after checking the numbers several times, said Scott Harrington, a resident of Eagle Bridge, N.Y., who hit it big over the weekend when he won $55,555 playing the Vermont Lottery's instant game Fortune 5's. Harrington purchased several instant game tickets at the North Benni
Jun 1, 2004, 12:44 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$3.4 Million Vermont Megabucks Winner for New Year's EveNews Story
Single Winning Ticket Sold at Vergennes VarietyThe holder of the single winning Tri-State Megabucks ticket for the New Year's Eve drawing will be starting 2004 with a lot more than just a few New Year's resolutions.There was one winning Tri-State Megabucks ticket for the drawing held on December 31, 2003. That single ticket is worth an estimated, annuitized $3.4 million dollars.The winning ticket was sold at Vergennes Variety in Vergennes, Vermont at 1:37 PM on December 29, 2003. The winning n
Jan 2, 2004, 9:11 am - Todd - Lottery News

$366.7 million Powerball jackpot won in VermontNews Story
For the first time in history, the winning Powerball jackpot ticket was sold at a Vermont retailer, Vermont Lottery officials announced Thursday. The winning ticket was sold in Middlebury, at the Short Stop gas station on Court Street part of the Jolley chain of gas stations. The owner of the lucky ticket, who has not stepped forward to claim the windfall yet, won a payout worth $366.7 million spread out over 30 years, which they could take as an immediate cash payout of $208.5 million.
Jul 1, 2022, 7:23 am - Todd - Lottery News

Vermont Lottery offers new self-service machinesNews Story
It's a busy travel day at the Guilford Rest Area, and tourists all seem to have the same reason for stopping. Probably one of the best rest areas I have ever been to in the country, said Tim Donahue from Lester, Massachusetts. We enjoy stopping here because it is a beautiful rest stop. Probably one of the most beautiful in the country, said John McGuire from Torrington, Connecticut. Any time we come up to this area I love this rest stop. It's just beautiful here, said Dave Ranan from
Jan 17, 2012, 8:30 am - Todd - Lottery News

California man asks clerk to choose a lottery game for him, ends up picking out a ticket worth $10MReply
Selling 390k times more tickets than Montana or Vermont might play into that theory.
Oct 21, 2023, 10:12 am - billybucks - Lottery News